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glaber, margine levis vel striatulus, pallide luteolus, in centro ali- 

 quando luteus, carne alba albidave ; lamellae tenues, confertae, an- 

 gustae, decurrentes, in senectute siccitateve pallide cinnamomeae; 

 stipes subaequalis, firmus, solidus, farctusve, aliquando curvus vel 

 eccentricus, basi tomentosus, in colore pileo similis ; sporae sub- 

 globosae vel late ellipsoideae, 5-6 x 4-5 !'■ . 



Clitocybe maxima G. & M. 



Catskill mountains. September. Mrs F. C. Sherman. North 

 Elba. C. H. Peck. This is a large and rare species, appearing 

 as if it might be a luxuriant development of Clitocybe in- 

 f u n d i b u 1 i f o r m i s ( Schaeff . ) Fr. 



Cortinarius croceofolius n. sp. 

 Plate VI, figures 1-8 



Pileus fleshy, thin, broadly convex or nearly plane, obtuse or 

 obtusely umbonate, dry, slightly fibrillose specially on the margin, 

 brownish cinnairon, often paler or saffron yellow on the margin, 

 flesh pale yellow, grayish or dingy when dry ; lamellae thin, close, 

 saffron yellow verging to orange, then brownish cinnamon, often 

 yellow crenulate on the margin ; stem equal or slightly thickened 

 at the base, fibrillose above, saffron yellow, hollow, veil similarly 

 colored ; spores broadly ellipsoid, 6-7 ij. long, 4-5 // broad. 



Pileus 2.5-5 c"'^ broad; stem 2.5-4 cm long, 4-6 mm thick. 



Mossy ground in or on the borders of woods of spruce and 

 balsam fir trees. North Elba, September. 



This species belongs to the section Dermocybe and is closely 

 related to Cortinarius cinnaniomeus (L.) Fr. and 

 C. semisanguineus (Fr.) Kauffm. but in the color of 

 the lamellae it is intermediate between them and from both it is 

 readily separated by its smaller spores. From C . c r o c e o - 

 color Kauffm., of which I have seen no specimens, it may be 

 separated by the darker color of the pileus and the different colors 

 of the lamellae. 



Pileus carneus, tenuis, late convexus vel subplanus, obtusus 

 vel obtuse umbonatus, siccus, leviter fibrillosus, fusco-cinnaTo- 

 meus, saepe margine pallidior vel croceus, carne flava, in siccitate 

 grisea ; lamellae tenues, confertae, croceae aurantiacaeve, demum 

 fusco-cinnamomeae, saepe acie flavo-crenulatae ; stipes aequalis vel 

 leviter basi incrassatus, supra fibrillosus, cavus, croceus, velo cro- 

 ceo ; sporae late ellipsoidere, 6-7 x 4-5 ," . 



